hansom
IPA: hˈænsʌm
noun
- (historical) A Hansom cab; a carriage
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
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Examples of "hansom" in Sentences
- The Adventure of the Hansom Cab.
- According to the text, that's exactly a Hansom.
- Always wanted to see a 'hansom cab' and driver.
- Hansom moved to manage an estate at Caldecote Hall.
- I was testing the water with the Hansom cab picture.
- Kevin manages to escape into the back of a hansom cab.
- Added to Hansom cab, but could probably be used elsewhere too.
- Hansom practised in a succession of architectural partnerships.
- Hansom cabs only have two wheels and the driver sits way in back.
- She called a hansom, drove to a post-office, and sent a telegram:
- The church was designed by Joseph Hansom inventor of the hansom cab.
- So I called a hansom, and she sank back in a corner with a little sigh of relief.
- Going on the streets he walked until exhausted, then he called a hansom and was driven to his club.
- I called a hansom outside and drove at once to Blenheim House, the temporary residence of the Archduchess and her suite.
- You think a dashing, irresponsible hansom is more in keeping with the Factory Girls 'Club or some giddy Whitechapel frivolity!'
- He started back to the club, but it was so hot that he thought he would faint before he got there; so he called a hansom, on the principle that it was cheaper to ride and keep well than to walk and have a sunstroke.
- When he had lighted it he tipped the porter, and strolled back to the entrance, on the chance of finding the carriage still there, but it had gone, and he called a hansom, paused a moment with his foot on the step, then finally directed the man to drive to the Fraylings '.
- They walked down the one flight of stairs together, their footsteps echoing up through the empty house; out on the pavement he called a hansom, held his arm across the wheel as she stepped in; turned to the cabby, gave him his fare, told him Waterloo Station; then he leant across the step of the cab and held out his hand.
- Finding myself in want of a particular Gazetteer which was not to be found in the office, and being in no mood to take a clerk, however uncritical, into my confidence, I called a hansom and drove straight to the Museum; where, having ensconced myself in the reading-room with the work in question, I prepared to devote a dusty and laborious morning to the service of State.